# Math.random()
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/math-random/264404
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [June 25, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/math-random/264404 "2008-06-25T20:18:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@RebuiltJorge](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RebuiltJorge)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/math-random/264404/1 "2008-06-25T20:18:18Z")
besides Math.random(), is there another way to specify a range of numbers, say between 0-100,
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### Author:  [@krilnon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krilnon)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/math-random/264404/2 "2008-06-25T20:37:22Z")
A random range of numbers, or any range of numbers?
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### Author:  [@RebuiltJorge](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RebuiltJorge)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/math-random/264404/3 "2008-06-25T20:41:40Z")
any range of number, it would all depend on the situation, for example, say i want to get a random number between -50 and 300, is there some other way to do get that number without using Math.random?
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### Author:  [@Gundark](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Gundark)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2008, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/math-random/264404/4 "2008-06-25T21:16:36Z")
Not unless you build your own random number generator. I haven’t heard of anybody who has built one for Actionscript (of course I haven’t been looking).
If you want a random range using Math.random you can just use this function:
```auto
//Returns a random number between the two given numbers
function randRange(minNum:Number, maxNum:Number):Number
{
return (int(Math.random()*(maxNum-minNum+1))+minNum);
}
```
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### Author:  [@Iamthejuggler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Iamthejuggler)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/math-random/264404/5 "2008-06-25T21:18:27Z")
No. not that i know of. Just make a custom function that take the top and bottom parameters, for example:
public function rand(v1:Number, v2:Number):Number
{
var range = v2-v1;
var result = v1+Math.random()\*range;
return result;
}
edit: ■■■■ you gundark!
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### Author:  [@RebuiltJorge](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RebuiltJorge)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2008, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/math-random/264404/6 "2008-06-25T23:38:20Z")
ok thanks